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prototype is pretty ok , i found it has very nice methods, jquery is ugly i have never seen a more mutilated piece of javascript and aside all its stupid slow, fast methods that have plague the internet..

I started out with my own (having become very proficient with js), but later tried on YUI for size for a while.
I ultimately found jQuery to be a better option, due to its intuitive, selector-based syntax and it's now my default framework/mindset for any project with enough js to make using a framework worthwhile.

It wasn't that I didn't like YUI, per se.
I just felt that jQuery's level and kind of abstraction made for a smoother, quicker workflow for me, particularly given that I spent much of my (working) time nose-deep in CSS anyway.

It seemed alien at first, but quickly came to feel more intuitive than YUI.
I even tried add-ons for YUI which gave it support for selector-based DOM selection, but jQuery felt more robust.

However, I find that I can achieve most of the techniques I'm inclined to use without the need for additional plugins - which, for many simple taks, only serve to bloat the code. After all, plugins only really serve to supply an API/abstracted front-end for tasks which can all be achieved using the main jQuery library (combined with some good, ol' W3C DOM-scripting and js core), but which might make the techniques more approachable (packagable) for those without a good understanding of DOM logic.

I use prototype, the available functions and options are huge, and I use it along side script.aculo.us which is the best effects library, it offers a lot more than just static effects and very specific options, slider, controls, builder and transition effects on the effects! Very cool.

Plus prototype is only 47kb compress and i think around 30kb gzipped. Not the smallest, I know, but a lot smaller than people think, and is totally worth the extra 15kb.